Interoperability Intro Linux in the not-so-Linux world
Dec 21, 2009This month we look at some Windows 7 interoperability tools and examine the phenomenon of the Internet OS.
more »Moonlight 2.0: Microsoft and Novell Loosen Agreement
Dec 21, 2009In close collaboration with Microsoft, a Novell team behind developer Miguel de Icaza has released version 2.0 of its Silverlight clone Moonlight.
more »Screensaver with Unicode
Dec 18, 2009Debian developer Joachim Breitner offers up a screensaver which displays random characters from a reserve supplied by Unicode.
more »Novell Reorganizes
Dec 18, 2009In January 2010 Novell will consolidate four business units down to two and eventually say farewell to managers Jeff Jaffee and Roger Levy.
more »Mark Shuttleworth Resigns as Canonical CEO
Dec 18, 2009Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and CEO of Canonical has announced the transfer of his post to Canonical COO Jane Silber.
more »Fedora Will Make the Leap to Package Source Control System Git
Dec 18, 2009During the FUDCon in Toronto, the Fedora team discussed changes to central infrastructure, among which the change to Git.
more »ODROID: Portable Android-Based Game Console
Dec 16, 2009In simple terms, the ODROID game console comes down to iPhone hardware mixed with Android software in a Nintendo box.
more »Cyberthreat Forecasts for 2010: More Complex with New Targets
Dec 16, 2009Russian security experts Kaspersky ventures a forecast for malware development in 2010 and sees new types of attacks coming our way.
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It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
Fedora 45 beta has been released with updated Gnome, KDE Plasma, and kernel.
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Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier
Ubuntu 26.10 has completed its migration to the Rust-based coreutils.
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
A Linux developer used AI to fix bottlenecks that caused problems when building the kernel. The resulting AI-generated code needed a lot of work.
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.
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2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
Thanks to AI bug hunters, the Linux kernel is seeing record numbers of vulnerabilities, and it's overwhelming developers.
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
So long as Linux is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, the OS is exempt from being required to verify the age of its users in California.
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Roll Out the Cake: Linux Turns 35
35 years ago, a Finnish student began a humble project that would forever change the course of technology.
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China Switching from Windows to Linux
China has ordered several government agencies to drop a Chinese-developed version of Windows 10 in favor of either KylinOS or UOS.
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Pine64 Halts Production of Linux Devices
With continued DRAM and eMMC shortages, Pine64 has decided to discontinue production of Linux devices.
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The Bullet-Proof KDE Software Initiative Is Coming
KDE, Techpaladin, and Kubuntu Focus have announced a new initiative that will provide at least three years of support for KDE Plasma 6.6 LTS and related software.